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Cambridge! Jesse James Revival will be screening “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” at Brattle Theatre on Sunday, November 9th at 7pm with special guest, Casey Affleck, in person for a Q&A.

Tickets for this special screening are $12 general admission; $10 students, seniors, Brattle members. No Brattle passes. To purchase tickets online and learn more about the event and venue, please visit the following link:
http://www.brattlefilm.org/?p=15182

Jesse James Revival brings another screening of “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” to the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California. On Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 at 7:30pm, the film will be shown with a special appearance by the film’s director, Andrew Dominik who will appear in person for a special Q&A session.

Our final piece in a week-long series of Jesse James Revival related content, leading up to tomorrow’s sold out screening of “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” comes from
Film.com’s
Calum Marsh.

Among critics, and among American critics in particular, the traditional attitude toward any film’s reputation is skepticism. We eye received wisdom of any kind warily. We regard consensus, or in any case simply the illusion of consensus, as inherently dubious. Inclined, perhaps, to follow our territorial impulse, we reject the dustiest exponents of the canon with a vitriol commensurate with their esteem, chucking out old favorites to clear some room for the newly reclaimed and restored. They got it wrong. But we’ll get it right: we’ll correct the historical record and give the long-maligned their due.
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The latest feature in our series of Jesse James related content leading up to the Jesse James Revival premiere screening on Saturday comes from
FilmSchoolRejects.com
writer,
and take a look at the score for “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” which was composed by Warren Ellis and Nick Cave.